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Table 1 Cryptosporidium species in goat kids and lambs in Algiers, Boumerdes and Médea provinces, Algeria

From: Zoonotic Cryptosporidium species and subtypes in lambs and goat kids in Algeria

Location

No. of farms

Host

No. of samples

No. positive for Cryptosporidium (no. of positive farms)

Cryptosporidium spp. (no. of samples)

Subtype (no. of samples)

Ksar-el Boukhari (Médea)

13

Sheep

62

9 (4)

C. xiaoi (6), C. parvum (3)

IIaA13G2R1(3)

Rouiba (Algiers)

3

Goats

16

3 (1)

C. xiaoi (3)

–

Bordj-El-Kiffan (Algiers)

2

Goats

11

0

0

–

Heraoua (Algiers)

2

Goats

9

0

0

–

Khemis-elkhechna (Boumerdes)

2

Goats

11

2 (1)

C. ubiquitum (2)

XIIa (2)

Hamadi (Boumerdes)

3

Goats

17

0

0

–

Zemouri (Boumerdes)

4

Goats

15

3 (1)

C. xiaoi (3)

–

Oued-smar (Algiers)

2

Goats

13

0

0

–

Total

31

 

154

17 (7)

3 species

2 subtypes